Addon Autoex Help

for autoexec plugin, the way to import another xml into your current xml is


but how would you do this in autoex addon? I've asked in windower support but no answers.

Honestly, this is just the tip of the sheissberg that is Autoex. Literally all the events it recognizes are already implemented in Lua, but the cerebral colossus that pinched it out decided to write their own (broken) custom logic for every single one. Good luck if you have anything set to fire in response to HP/MP hitting certain thresholds. And if you used Autoexec to load any addons at character login instead of at launch (and you might, considering how many addons just break if you try to load them before a character's logged in), you have to go into the lua and fix the function that loads configs so that it can load a global one instead of only character-specific ones. (Incidentally, Autoex also doesn't have a proper "wait until there's actually a character logged in" function.) It's so bad that I'm sincerely considering switching to Ashita. If I wanted buggy, broken, unfinished garbo, I'd be playing modern games.

Anyway, to answer your question, you have to put all the XML files you want to import in the Convert folder along with the one that imports them. Presumably, just converting that main one will cause the others to get converted and embedded directly into it, but I wouldn't be surprised if it just plain breaks.

just use the addon designed specifically for that, it is called plugin_manager

autoex is like the excel, people learned it and then try to use it to solve all their possible problems rather than using a more appropriate tool.

If Plugin Manager actually worked, I never would've set up Autoexec xmls to handle something that, if we're honest, should have been built into the profile functionality to begin with.

Don't get smarmy with me.

Plugin_manager works correctly and is used daily by multiple dozens of people with no issues.

If yours is not working then there is some configuration problem or possibly a bug introduced in the last update, which means that the correct course of action is to come report the wrong behavior and ask for support, which we will happily provide.

Using autoex for stuff it's not intended for is going to be wonky at best.

If you like Ashita better, use it and don't look back. It's written by highly competent people who love ffxi just as much as we do. Its design and development philosophy is entirely different than Windower, which is why both softwares are in active and current development and are highly supported, for free, in our free personal time.

But coming here to spew passive-aggressive bullcrap at tools provided for free by a community of volunteers is, to say the least, an *** thing to do. Chill.

Can I just point out there is one absolutely glaring flaw in autoex and the decision to do per-char profiles?


This doesnt work because once the plugin detects a login and applies the profile, you've passed the trigger for the addon to run the command. But I can confirm with 100% certainty that my char.lua settings file is entered properly because if I log out then log back in, the command runs as expected.


Perhaps there should be a default.lua that loads before any characters are selected so intital login commands can run?

Yeah op and i discussed imports dont work, and I found the bug in that while talking to them, guess talking to people is key to fixing problems.

I will look into this issue as well while i finish up making the import handle more levels.

If there is any concerns or bugs, or any other kinds of issues, feel free to let me know. The person who originally asked to have this made, sadly passed away and he was the person that originally tested this for me years ago. I don't personally use this, as the angry person above mentioned, you can simply do this in a standard addon, but not all users are capable enough to do this.

That's why AutoExec plugin existed, to wrap the events in a easy to use format, not to mention I think this was also before they were even visible in the API, or maybe not all of them.

Either way, I don't mind writing stuff, or helping in any manner. Feel free to message here, or PM, or even DM on Discord if you have any concerns or point to any issues, or whatever it may be. Like I said, I really have no reason to have such a tool, so it's not something I think about at all.

I used the plugin version to do an auto /cm l after logging in. Now Windower doesn't let me load the plugin anymore.

Tried using AutoEx to set up the auto /cm l with login event and it doesn't seem to work for me? I tried using a character name instead of * and no dice either.

Thats the same issue I listed above, as it wont check for login until after.
You can test your xml by logging out and in, it should work.

I tried that and still wasn't working.

Is there a reason why I cant load my autoexec plugin anymore? It worked flawlessly, would like to keep using the plugin version. Is there a way to restore the autoexec plugin functionality?

No. The plugin was old and pretty much abandoned, and it was just a miracle that it kept working for so long. Windower got a couple of very significant (and long awaited) changes, that broke compatibility with many plugins which then had to be fixed manually. Autoexec was left behind because it was obsolete and completely replaceable by an addon (unlike other plugins like Timers).

I understand your pain, and the solution is to come on the windower discord and ask for support, so that we are able to update the new addon towards matching the functionality of the old plugin better.